Man, won’t that be something…Trump could be the first president to ever have a 3rd Amendment case brought against his administration.
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So it’s Wolverines vs. Elephants for the fate of the Republic?
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I think it’s a totally plausible theory, actually. Putin’s certainly cunning and planful enough, and the whole idea is a national and international drag on the U.S. Just for the sake of returning your serve I suggested there’s an alternate explanation but the theory itself is fine.
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Yeah, I hear you.
My non-scientific observation is that he seems to favor rhyming (“not so great Kate”) and alliteration (“coward Kate”), which is why those two sprang immediately to mind.
“Cheating” fits neither rhyming nor alliteration…“corrupt” is alliterative, as is “crying”. Somehow neither really click.
That’s the best I can do today.
But anyway, I am sure we’re gonna get Sparky’s wit in the next few hours anyway, so we just need to have some patience.
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“Crying” would have a misoyginistic edge to it that seems right up his alley.
Edit: Probably something like “Crying Katie” using the diminutive to further belittle and improve the flow.
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Actually, it is.
(a) The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age and, except as provided in section 313 of title 32, under 45 years of age who are, or who have made a declaration of intention to become, citizens of the United States and of female citizens of the United States who are members of the National Guard.
(b) The classes of the militia are—
(1) the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2) the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
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Josh posted a quote from T rump a few days ago stating that he wouldn’t be happy until the US/Mexico border was as heavily fortified as the DMZ between N and S Korea.
My theory is that T rump wants to be as big and bad as Bibi. He’s jealous of the Israeli wall caging up the Palestinians. Just wait until he starts building new settlements outside of Tijauna.
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No worry crazy Texas will do it. They can send all those gun Loving crazy “well Armed” Militia. to start a new Mexican war. they loves them some war!!! Yep. lol
Posse Comitatus doesn’t come into it. National Guard troops while under state control do not come under Posse Comitatus. This is a matter of state sovereignty. The President cannot order a state’s National Guard anywhere unless he federalizes it. But once federalized, the National Guard is subject to Posse Comitatus. The President can only request that a state governor send its Guard troops somewhere and the governor can refuse. Neither federal troops nor the troops of another state’s Guard can be sent to a state without the consent of the state. Both the governor of the state providing the Guardsmen and the governor of the state receiving them have to agree to the arrangement. The President can send the DC National Guard anywhere the local governor will accept them because, the District of Columbia being a federal district and having no governor, the President is the commander of the DC National Guard.
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Now I have to wonder about that all day. Damn you, @navamske! 
There currently are Gov. Walkers but not contiguous.
So a sitting President is intending to use our national defense apparatus to have a political tantrum, domestically.
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“I have no intention of allowing Oregon’s guard troops to be used to distract from his troubles in Washington.”
Kate Brown just smacked Spanky upside the head.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation.
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This question was raised a few years ago in Ken Rudin’s column with no definitive answer. We had two simultaneous Rockefellers in the 1960s but in New York and Arkansas. Of course they were related and the Browns are not.
Which reminds me of this from The Onion:
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I’d be more concerned about the Oregon border with Idaho. Idaho is chock full of white supremacists…
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If you want 'em, federalize 'em.
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My money says Cadet in Chief Bone Spurs is going to kinda avoid using the word coward.
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I’ll be anxious to see what the other Governor Brown, CA, does. So far he’s been PP’s number one opponent and all around thorn in his side. de Leon is running for senator this year, so what he’s saying will be a big influence. I hope
The author of California’s main sanctuary state law, state Sen. Kevin de León, urged Gov. Jerry Brown to reject the federal request. Brown’s office directed questions to the head of the California National Guard, who said the state would answer once it had more details about what Trump wants.
De León, whose SB54 sanctuary law minimizing local law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration agents is the target of a Trump administration lawsuit, said Brown “should ignore Trump’s pointless and expensive call.”
“Despite Mr. Trump’s rantings, there is no evidence of imminent influx of asylum seekers here in California or elsewhere,” said de León, D-Los Angeles, who is challenging U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the June primary. “In fact, border crossings have plummeted in the last decade and are at the lowest level since 1971.”
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She certainly wasn’t aiming for the cheeks. though they’d have been a bigger target.
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